A method and system of recharging an electric battery, include an alternation of phases of recharge at a constant current and of phases of recharge at constant voltage.
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2. The method of claim 1, comprising setting an intensity of a recharge current during the second constant current phase with the recharge control circuitry before beginning the second constant current phase in response to a value of the measured current.
3. The method of claim 2, comprising injecting a quantity of charges into the battery at the second constant current phase as a decreasing function of the measured current.
4. The method of claim 1, comprising charging the battery with the recharge control circuitry during a second constant voltage phase having a fourth time duration, the second and fourth time duration having substantially the same duration.
5. The method of claim 4, comprising interrupting a third constant current phase in response to the measured current through the battery at an end of the second constant voltage phase reaching a predetermined low threshold.
6. The method of claim 1, comprising executing by the recharge control circuitry a rest phase between the first constant current phase and the first constant voltage phase.
8. The system of claim 7, wherein the electric battery comprises a lithium-ion type solid electrolyte microbattery.
9. The system of claim 7, wherein the electric battery comprises a thin-film battery having a solid electrolyte, and the thin-film battery configured to withstand overvoltages across the thin-film battery responsive to the constant currents being applied to the thin-film battery.
10. The system of claim 7, wherein the recharge circuit comprises a microcontroller.
11. The system of claim 7, wherein the recharge circuit is further configured to set a time duration of a subsequent constant current in response to a subsequent measured current of the battery at an end of a subsequent constant voltage.
12. The system of claim 11, wherein each of the first constant voltage and the subsequent constant voltage has a same duration.
13. The system of claim 7, wherein the first constant current is separated from the subsequent constant voltage by a rest phase, the recharge circuit configured to place the electric battery in an open-circuit condition during the rest phase.
15. The system of claim 14, wherein the battery charger is further configured to decrease a value of a third constant current supplied during a third constant current phase based on a second measured current in the battery from a preceding second constant voltage phase.
16. The system of claim 14, wherein the recharge circuit is configured to provide a second constant voltage phase for a fourth time duration to the battery and measure a second current of the battery at an end of the fourth time duration.
17. The system of claim 16, wherein the recharge circuit is configured to provide a third constant current phase for a fifth time duration in response to the measured second current.
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May 13, 2019
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